The ACT has reported 15 new cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm on Saturday, bringing the total number of active cases to 172.
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There were no new hospitalisations and no active cases of COVID-19 in Canberra hospitals as of the cut off for the reporting.
The five-day rolling average of daily cases by diagnosis date has fallen back to 12.
The scale of the current outbreak now stands at 1819 total cases.
Daily testing remains under 2000 per day, with 1954 negative tests in the 24-hour reporting period as the ACT's relaxed restrictions entered a second day on Saturday.
Although the ACT Public Health Emergency Declaration has been extended until February 12, 2022, Canberrans can now enjoy eased restrictions this weekend.
Masks are now only required at high-risk locations such as hospitals and aged-care facilities and caps on hospitality venues have been increased.
There are no limits on home visits or informal outdoor gatherings, and density limits will be relaxed to allow one person for every two square metres in most indoor environments, including hospitality and retail.
Nightclubs also opened from midnight on Thursday, including those named as the initial exposure locations.
The new restrictions will be reviewed in late January 2022 by Chief Health Officer, Dr Kerryn Coleman.
Around Australia
NSW has recorded 195 new coronavirus cases and one death.
The number of people to test positive to the virus in the 24 hours to 8pm on Saturday is 55 fewer than the day before.
One person died in the latest reporting period, the day after the state reported no new coronavirus deaths for the first time in almost three months.
Some 224 people remain in hospital, four fewer than the day before, with 32 in intensive care.
The growth of Victoria's COVID-19 caseload has eased some, with 905 new local infections or more than 300 fewer than reported on Saturday.
There have also been four more virus-related deaths.
The state continues to manage more than 17,300 active cases. There are 394 virus patients in Victorian hospitals, 75 of them in intensive care and 46 requiring ventilation.
Health officials say virus testers processed more than 64,000 results in the 24 hours to Saturday evening.
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Harley Dennett
Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.
Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.
